Box-closure



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' G. W. BANKER.

BOX CLOSURE.

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ATTORNEY i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IV. BANKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

BOX-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,106, dated June 17,1890.

Application filed April 10, 1890. $erial No. 347,339. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BANKER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Packing-Cases, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has reference to improvements in packing-cases; and itrelates to the means employed for holding the cover of the case inplace.

In the drawings the same reference-letters indicate the same parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 illustrates an elevation of my improved hasp detached. Fig. 2illustrates an elevation of my improved hinge detached. Fig. 3illustrates a vertical sectional View of acase with the hasp and hingein position, taken through the medial line of the hasp and hinge. Fig. 4illustrates a front view of an alternative form of my hasp. Fig. 5 illustrates one form of my locking device detached. Fig. 6 illustrates avertical section of my locking device detached.

A is the case. B is its cover.

0, Fig. 2, is my improved hinge, which comprises a piece of sheet metalD, preferably tin-plate, folded at about its medial line, (see Fig. 3,)and at the fold it has a perforation or hole E punched therein, and atthe parts in 31?}1631 of the fold are screw or nail holes H is a pieceof metal, preferably wire,bent into substantially the form shown, thefree ends I I whereof are placed between the folded parts of thetin-plate D at the fold, at which place the tin-plate is given a tubularshape, as shown, to receive the ends of the wire, and they are passedinwardly into the opening E and are bent forwardly or outwardly throughthe hole, as at I I. Thus the wire part of the hinge is locked in placeand cannot spring outwardly or separate from the folded tin-plate partthereof.

In Fig. 1 I show my improved hasp. It has a bent tin-plate part K,substantially the same as the part D of the hinge, and also a bent-wirepart L, somewhat the same as the part H of the hinge, excepting that thepart L of the hasp is preferably longer and the parallel sides thereofare closer together. The free ends of the wire L are attached to thefolded tin-plate part K in the same manner as in the case of the hinge,the free ends M'M thereof being locked in the perforation or hole N inthe same manner.

0 is the locking device. It consists of a piece of suitable material,preferably metal, having a hole P at one end for the reception of a nailor screw, and a shank-section Q and an undercut part R, preferablyprovided with a groove 5 (see Fig. 6) crosswise of the shank, adapted toreceive the wire L, and a projecting part T, which overlaps the wire,and whereby the locker can be more conveniently pushed to the right orleft, as the case may be, for unfastening it.

The operation of my improvements is as follows, special reference beinghad to Figs. 1, 2, and 3: The hinge is fastened to the box and its coverby nails or screws U, passing through the holes G into the wood of thecase or cover, as may be, and if nails be used they may be clinched, asshown. The other or wire part of the hinge is fastened by two staples VV, which straddle the wire and are driven through the wood of the caseand clinched. The hasp is in like manner fastened by nails or screws W,and the free or swinging end L thereof is adjusted during the fasteningoperation so as to lie adjacent to the side of the case. The locker O isthen screwed to the case between the parallel sides of the swinging endof the hasp, and the construction,

size, and location of these parts relative to each other are such thatwhen the locker is swung either to the left or the right it will come incontact with the sides of the swinging hasp L and cannot move fartherunless they be pressed aside, and they are made of elastic wire orequivalent material so stiif that this will require considerable force,and the adjustment is also such that the locker will rest in its normallocking position (shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4) without exerting muchpressure upon the swinging clasp. It will thusxbe seen that in order tounhasp the cover to open the case it is necessary to press the lockerforcibly sidewise, bending both of the arms of the swinging hasp untilit attains a position in which it extends upwardly and away from thebent end of the hasp, as shown in Fig. 4, and the resistance of the haspis such that this will not occur unless intentionent.

ally. It will also be seen that by my improved hinge I allowconsiderable freedom of movement to the cover when unhasped. Thuswrenching or similar injury to it is not so apt to occur as when themore rigid forms of hinge are used.

The swinging hasps may be held in their place at their hinged ends bystaple a a, Fig. 4, embracing the laterally-bent ends of the hasp, ifdesired. I prefer the bent-tin pieces D, however.

In Figs. 1 and 4 I show that part of the locker in which the groove ismade, which fits over the wire of the hasp as flattened or spreadlaterally. (See I) b, Fig. 1.) I prefer this-construction because thenthe operation of pressing the locker sidewise against the stress of theswinging hasp is, I think, more smoothly accomplished. The locker may,however, be a substantially-straight bar, as

shown in Fig. 5.

I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction shown,because certain modifications may be made in the various parts and stillthe essentials of my invention be pres- By it I' secure, as I believe,means whereby a cover may be attached to its case more securely, moreeconomically, and more compactly than by any other means heretoforeknown.

A special advantage in my form of hinge is that I can very cheaplymake ahinge so broad that in many instances one hinge will take the place oftwo as now made, and there will be no danger of the hinge coming apart,because the free ends'of the wire are locked in the perforation or holein the sheet-" metal piece.

I claim- 1. A packing-case having fastening devices comprising,essentially, an open swinging hasp, a pivoted locker located between thesides of the hasp and arranged to crowd against the hasp during thelocking and un locking operation, and a hinge formed of folded sheetmetal perforated at the fold, and a bent wire or strip of metal embracedin the fold of the sheet metal, the free ends whereof are locked in theperforation at the fold, substantially as set forth.

2. Apacking-case havinga hinge composed, essentially, of afolded pieceof sheet metal perforated near the fold and a bent wire or strip ofmetalinclosed within the -fold,'the free ends whereof are locked withinthe said perforation, substantially as set forth.

3. A-packing-case having a hinge at one side of the cover and at theother an open swinging hasp and a pivoted locker located between thesides of the hasp and arranged to crowd against the sides thereof duringthe locking and unlocking operation, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 9th day of April, A. D. 1890.

GEO. w. BANKER.

" Witnesses:

PHILLIrs ABBOTT, WALTER H. -GITTENDEN.

